Автор: Mark Cioc Название: The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 1815–2000 ISBN: 0295995734 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780295995731 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 87780.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
The Rhine River is Europe's most important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. In this innovative study, Mark Cioc focuses on the river from the moment when the Congress of Vienna established a multinational commission charged with making the river more efficient for purposes of trade and commerce in 1815. He examines the engineering and administrative decisions of the next century and a half that resulted in rapid industrial growth as well as profound environmental degradation, and highlights the partially successful restoration efforts undertaken from the 1970s to the present.
The Rhine is a classic example of a "multipurpose" river -- used simultaneously for transportation, for industry and agriculture, for urban drinking and sanitation needs, for hydroelectric production, and for recreation. It thus invites comparison with similarly over-burdened rivers such as the Mississippi, Hudson, Colorado, and Columbia. The Rhine's environmental problems are, however, even greater than those of other rivers because it is so densely populated (50 million people live along its borders), so highly industrialized (10% of global chemical production), and so short (775 miles in length).
Two centuries of nonstop hydraulic tinkering have resulted in a Rhine with a sleek and slender profile. In their quest for a perfect canal-like river, engineers have modified it more than any other large river in the world. As a consequence, between 1815 and 1975, the river lost most of its natural floodplain, riverside vegetation, migratory fish, and biodiversity. Recent efforts to restore that biodiversity, though heartening, can have only limited success because so many of the structural changes to the river are irreversible.
The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 1815-2000 makes clear just how central the river has been to all aspects of European political, economic, and environmental life for the past two hundred years.
Автор: Lambert Jacqueline Mary Название: Dog on the Rhine: From Rat Race to Road Trip ISBN: 1999357639 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781999357634 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Rhine Ruth Anne Название: A Pocket Guide for Lightworkers from Archangel Metatron: . . . to Meet Future Planetary Chaos and Confusion Within a Peaceful and Harmonious Perspecti ISBN: 1982215356 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781982215354 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: You are about to experience a book that will assist you, and all heart-centered people, in the years to come amid global chaos and confusion, so as to maintain a perspective of peaceful living on a planet in a transitional phase into one of peaceful coexistence. Do be aware that this book will enhance your lives and also your joy in living while at the same time expressing compassion and assistance to those who exist in turmoil.
Автор: Diamond, Jon Название: Montgomery`s rhine river crossing: operation plunder ISBN: 1526731738 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526731739 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 16890.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This superbly illustrated and researched book describes the March 1945 assault crossing involving naval amphibious craft, the air and artillery bombardment and diversionary attack by the British 1st Commando brigade at Wesel.
Автор: Holmes Vicki Название: Three River Valleys Called Home: The Rhine, The Mohawk, and The St. Lawrence ISBN: 1525544667 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781525544668 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 45350.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Sometimes people leave their home with the hopes of finding something better. Sometimes they are forced out and chased away. Philip Eamer and his wife, Catrina, experience both in this true story of immigrants searching for a place to call home. The Eamer family's story begins in 1755 as they leave the Rhine Valley for a better life in America. Once there, they move to the Mohawk River Valley in New York, where they build a home and raise 10 children. Despite the effects of the French Indian War, the Eamers flourish and happily find their lives intertwined with their neighbours and fellow immigrants for almost two decades.
However, no family's story occurs in isolation, and eventually the Eamers find themselves at the mercy of the political and historic events of the American Revolution. Choosing to side with the Crown, they are forced to flee their home at the hands of neighbours and soldiers. What follows next is representative of many Loyalists' experiences. The Eamer family is forced to make a 370-km (230-mile) trek to Montreal, where they must live in a refugee camp for three years before finally being granted their own land in the St. Lawrence Valley for their loyalty to the King.
Told by one of Philip and Catrina's descendants, Three River Valleys Called Home is historical fiction based on a real family and true events. Although some of the interactions and dialogue may be imagined, they are firmly planted in the harsh realities that many immigrants faced and pay tribute to the true grit of the settlers who built North America. While this book will have special meaning for the thousands of descendants of the Eamer family (and the other families who made up their community), their story will touch anyone with a history of immigration in their family tree....
Автор: Coates Ben Название: The Rhine ISBN: 1473665094 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781473665095 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 11120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Ben Coates, author of Why the Dutch are Different, cycles the Rhine river from mouth to source, discovering the mark it makes on Europe.
Автор: Manfred Beller, J.Th. (Joep) Leerssen Название: The Rhine: National Tensions, Romantic Visions ISBN: 9004344055 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004344051 Издательство: Brill Цена: 154080.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Of all European landscapes and regions, the Rhine is one of the most heavily overlaid with cultural and political meaning. Cradle of Romanticism, tourism, and the picturesque, bone of contention between the German and French spheres of cultural and geopolitical influence, the Rhine has attracted armies, artists, activists and tourists for centuries and has featured prominently the key writings of Europe’s literary and intellectual history from Byron to Lucien Febvre. This volume brings together eminent literary and cultural historians to present materials and analyses from various of the central nexus of European culture. The volume also contains a unique and comprehensive anthology of key texts (historical, poetical and polemical) related to the Rhineland and its contested position. Contributors are: Reinhard Baumann, Manfred Beller, Hans-Werner Breunig, Giovanna Cermelli, Joep Leerssen, Elmar Scheuren, Helmut J. Schneider, and Waldemar Zacharasiewicz.
